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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Janet Tansley & Abigail Nicholson

Parents put newborn son in cot covered in frozen peas after he died

A heartbroken couple bought bags of frozen peas to create a makeshift cold cuddle cot after their baby boy died.

Alice and Sam Taylor’s 12-day-old son Thomas suffered a cardiac arrest following a viral infection. He died in an ambulance as he was rushed to hospital.

The couple wanted to take him home one last time before his funeral but there were no special cuddle cots, or cold cribs, available. Instead the couple decided to use frozen peas in his Moses basket.

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